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Migrants from Central America have their backgrounds checked in Tijuana on the Mexican side of the border with the United States on Monday. – Kyodo via AP Images

Federal judge throws out Trump asylum ban

A federal judge barred the Trump administration from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally.
By Nomaan Merchant
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No standing to challenge McDonald’s drive-thrus

A disgruntled customer has no standing to challenge a restaurant chain’s policy of barring pedestrians from using its drive-thru windows, a federal judge held.
By Patricia Manson
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Justice Mary Ann McMorrow left a legacy in state’s history

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Illinois’ statehood, I have been asked to provide a remembrance of an Illinois hero.
By Rita B. Garman

Trial Notebook

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Judge limits exception to WARN Act

Act I in litigation about a $4 million legal malpractice claim was a battle in bankruptcy court about an unwritten exception to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act for firings by a “liquidating fiduciary.”
By Steven P. Garmisa

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Loyola University Chicago School of Law professor John D. Blum (right) was inducted to the school’s Beazley Chair in Health Law and Policy in a ceremony last month. Photo provided by Loyola University of Chicago School of Law
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Blum named LUC’s inaugural Beazley Chair
In his trademark black hat, Justice R. Eugene Pincham (left) returned to practice after stepping down from the bench in 1989. In this Dec. 19, 2005, Associated Press photo, Pincham faces reporters with his client Dwain Kyles, right, owner of the E2 nightclub where a 2003 stampede killed 21 people.
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R. Eugene Pincham: A restless advocate for social justice
Britt M. Miller was named new partner-in-charge at Mayer Brown LLP’s Chicago office late last month. Miller sees herself as the next generation of lawyer ready to work in the technology world of the 21st century.
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Mayer Brown’s new boss has big plans
The official portrait of former President George H.W. Bush is draped in black cloth at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., on Monday to mark his death. As part of a national day of mourning declared by President Donald Trump for this Wednesday, Chicago’s federal courthouse will go quiet for the day.
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National day of mourning for Bush affects local federal court operations
In this January 2013 file photo, then-retired Illinois Supreme Court justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow (seated) talks with (from left) high court Justices Anne M. Burke and Rita B. Garman prior to a performance of “Mary and Myra” at the Casino Dance Club. McMorrow, the high court’s first female justice, died the following month at age 83.
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Justice Mary Ann McMorrow left a legacy in state’s history